Vailent jeans

[Boogieman]

I live in Stockholm, Sweden and I've found a pair of jeans of the brand Vailent (owned by Swedish streetware chain Carlings). The model is a 1947 501-replica (5 pockets, high waist, rivet in crotch), it is unwashed and it is made of Japanese ringspun selvedge (red edge). I don't know what kind of thread is used for the seams, but I assume it's synthetic. The jeans are very beautiful and they only cost 995 SEK (~140 USD). I understand that by American standards this is regular pricing for similar quality denim, but in Sweden you can expect to pay ~300 USD for a pair of equal quality jeans from Edwin, Evisu, etc. So to me this is quite a find.

I've looked around alot for info on these jeans on the internet but haven't found anything, so I was wondering if there are any Swedes here on supertalk who can tell me something about them. I'm about to buy a new pair of jeans and I'm deciding between these and Edwin's rainbow selvedge (possibly also the Nudie Straight Sven LE). Since the Vailents are considerably cheaper then my other alternatives I'd like to know if, and how much, they differ in quality from the Edwin's and Nudie's.

Thanks.

[Serge d Nimes]

You can get Edwin Toyko Selvage jeans from time to time on ebay for about $60-$75 USD. I have not seen the Rainbow selvage ones yet. I just sold some Evisu's to someone in Sweden, I guess he is stoked my BIN was $100!

I'm not illiterate, I just can't type!

[Boogieman]

Yeah 100 USD is crazy-low by my standards! 70% off of Swedish store prices.

I've never tried on a pair of Edwin Tokyo Selvage, is the fit similar to the rainbows? I actually hadn't considered ebay as an alternative before, but I am now. Thanks for the tip.

[kaew]

Hi, here is my first post!

Boogieman >>

I have both the Rainbows and those Tokyo from eBay, and I can tell you that the Tokyo is slightly smaller in the fit, but I wouldn't go down in size.

[witts]

edwin do a rainbow selvage, the ED-47 there made in italy £115 in the UK

ice cold vintage

Edited by witts on Jun 5, 2005 at 05:19 PM

[Boogieman]

Thanks kaew. Already copped a pair of rainbows tho

[witts]

what type of selvage are you looking for then?

ice cold vintage

[Boogieman]

That post was from April 18th. I already found what I was looking for.

[Smackadog]

where can i pick up edwin rainbow selvage?

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